Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU vs Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU vs Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU
Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU
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The Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU is a self-designed graphics card in the Apple M3 SoC and according to Apple with forty cores. According to Apple, the GPU uses a new architecture and now offers dynamic caching, mesh shading and ray tracing acceleration.
The GPU can access up to 128 GB LPDDR5-6400 unified memory via a 512 bit memory bus (max 400 GBit/s). Thanks to dynamic caching, the GPU should only reserve as much memory as is required.
Since the SoC is manufactured in the current 3nm (probably N3B) at TSMC. According to powermetrics, the GPU requires up to 60 watts (chip incl. CPU total 78 watts).
Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU
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The Apple M1 Pro 14-Core-GPU is an integrated graphics card by Apple offering 14 of the 16 cores in the M1 Pro Chip. The 1792 ALUs offer a theoretical performance of up to 4.6 Teraflops (16 core variant with 2048 ALUs offers 5.3 Teraflops).
The graphics card has no dedicated graphics memory but can use the fast LPDDR5-6400 unified memory with a 256 bit bus (up to 200 GBit/s).
The GPU clocks between 389 and 1296 MHz and offers no short term boost (389, 486, 648, 778, 972, 1296 MHz steps according to Powermetrics). The GPU is intended to use Apple Metal 2 API and could still be based on the older PowerVR architectures (last used in the Apple A10).
The Apple M1 Pro is manufactured in the modern 5nm process at TSMC and offers an excellent energy efficiency. According to the internal sensors, the GPU uses 15 Watt under full load.
Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU
► remove from comparisonThe Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU is a self-designed graphics card in the Apple M3 SoC and offers 30 of the 40 cores that are included in the chip. According to Apple, the GPU uses a new architecture and now offers dynamic caching, mesh shading and ray tracing acceleration.
The graphics card can access up to 96 GB LPDDR5-6400 unified memory via a 512 bit memory bus (max 400 GBit/s). Thanks to dynamic caching, the GPU only reserves as much memory as is required.
Since the SoC is manufactured in the current 3nm (probably N3B) at TSMC.
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| Pipelines | 40 - unified | 14 - unified | 30 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5-6400 | LPDDR5-6400 | LPDDR5-6400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | no | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 53 Watt | 15 Watt | 53 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 5 nm | 5 nm | 5 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | medium sized | medium sized | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 31.10.2023 | 10.11.2020 | 31.10.2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 1296 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Theoretical Performance | 4.6 TFLOPS FP32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bandwidth | 200 GB/s |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU
Average Benchmarks Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU → 0% n=0
Average Benchmarks Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU → 0% n=0
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
Total War Pharaoh
2023
Baldur's Gate 3
2023
Borderlands 3
2019
Far Cry 5
2018
Civilization 6
2016
The Witcher 3
2015
GTA V
2015Average Gaming Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU → 36%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 36%
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | ||||
| Total War Pharaoh | 242 | 210 | 139 | 109 | 82 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cyberpunk 2077 2.2 Phantom Liberty | 45 | 44 | 44 | 42 | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 96 | 90 | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Star Wars Jedi Survivor | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 170 | 111 | 82 | 56 | 171 | 58 | 36 | 27 | |||||||||||||
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 148 | 139 | 120 | 87 | 122 | 58 | 53 | 46 | 30 | ||||||||||||
| Far Cry 5 | 56 | 54 | 51 | 49 | |||||||||||||||||
| The Witcher 3 | 87 | 81 | |||||||||||||||||||
| GTA V | 78 | 54 | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 1 | 2 3 | 2 4 2 | 4 4 1 | 4 3 | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 1 | 1 | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | | | | | | |
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